Jobs and Income

Testimony in Support of LD 843, An Act to Raise the Minimum Wage and Index It to the National Average Wage

“An increase in Maine’s minimum wage is long overdue. Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage in Maine is lower than it was forty years ago. Wages for […]

MECEP

Posted March 23, 2015

Tags Incomes, Minimum Wage

Fewer than One in Five Maine Households Have Incomes above $100,000 per Year

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 21, 2014

Tags Incomes, Job Quality

Jobs and Income

Maine’s Lack of Population and Job Growth Tamps Down Growth in Wages and Salaries

Today’s data release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows Maine’s personal income growth kept pace with the nation and the region in the second quarter of 2014, but […]

Joel Johnson

Posted September 30, 2014

Tags Employment, Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine Has Less Wage and Salary Income, More Transfer Payments than Nation as a Whole

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 30, 2014

Tags Incomes, Job Quality

Jobs and Income

Maine's Growth in Wage and Salary Income Trails the Nation

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 30, 2014

Tags Incomes, Job Quality

Jobs and Income

MECEP Analysis: Latest Personal Income Data Confirms Continued Slow Growth in Maine

Transfer payments including Social Security and Medicare account for a disproportionate share of personal income in Maine and reflect the state’s aging demographic. Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, September […]

Posted September 30, 2014

Tags Incomes, Wages

Maine’s Economy

Child poverty fell in 2013, but median household income continues to go nowhere

Child poverty in Maine fell back to pre-recession levels in 2013, but income for the median household and the overall poverty rate saw no improvement, according to […]

Joel Johnson

Posted September 18, 2014

Tags Children, Incomes, Job Quality, Poverty

Maine’s Economy

Census Bureau Data: No Improvement in Poverty Rate or Median Household Income Confirm Maine’s Weak Economic Recovery

Maine median household income is lowest in New England and poverty rate remains significantly higher than during the recession Augusta, Maine (Thursday, September 18, 2014) New census […]

Posted September 18, 2014

Tags Incomes, Poverty, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine’s Working Families Deserve to Earn a Living Wage

The new report by the Alliance for a Just Society, “Families Out of Balance: How a living wage helps families move from debt to stability,” provides sobering […]

Christy Daggett

Posted August 27, 2014

Tags Children, Incomes, Jobs, Poverty

Jobs and Income

More Data to Consider as Portland Debates Raising Its Minimum Wage

Late last month, Portland Mayor Michael Brennan announced the initial details of his plan to raise the city’s minimum wage. If passed, the bill would likely raise the […]

Hal Brewster

Posted August 13, 2014

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage

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Testimony in Support of LD 843, An Act to Raise the Minimum Wage and Index It to the National Average Wage

Fewer than One in Five Maine Households Have Incomes above $100,000 per Year

Maine’s Lack of Population and Job Growth Tamps Down Growth in Wages and Salaries

Maine Has Less Wage and Salary Income, More Transfer Payments than Nation as a Whole

Maine's Growth in Wage and Salary Income Trails the Nation

MECEP Analysis: Latest Personal Income Data Confirms Continued Slow Growth in Maine

Child poverty fell in 2013, but median household income continues to go nowhere

Census Bureau Data: No Improvement in Poverty Rate or Median Household Income Confirm Maine’s Weak Economic Recovery

Maine’s Working Families Deserve to Earn a Living Wage

More Data to Consider as Portland Debates Raising Its Minimum Wage